Joseph miller



J. MILLER.

Honey Comb Frame.

Patnted Nov. 6; 1843.

JOSEPH MILLER, OF LEXINGTON TOWNSHIP, STARK COUNTY, OHIO.

BEEHIVE,

Specification of Letters Patent No. 3,325, dated November 6, 1843.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH MILLER, of Lexington township, in the countyof Stark and State of Ohio. have invented a new and useful Improvementon the Bee-Palace or Beehive; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in Which- Figure lis a perspective view of the palace when completed without the top orcover. A is a rectangular box of any convenient dimensions. 0 c 0 0 c 0are separate cells or compartments in which the bees are to form thehoneycomb. These compartments are arranged so that they shall hang ineach tier or division by the tops,

being supported by the division boards and sides of the palace and soconstructed as to be drawn out upward by the ring when the top of thepalace is taken, off, the lower ends of the cells being open and cut anangle as represented by Figs. 3 and 4t. D D D are panes of glass set inthe front and back range of cells, the front and back of the palacebeing arranged in the samemanner; E, a door.

F and H are boards set at an angle, the object of which and the generalarrangement of the interior of the palace will be better understood .byreference to Fig. 2 which is a vertical sectional side View; L, the capor cover. I I are partitions extending across the palace from side toside on which and a rabwill roll bet cut in the sides of the palace asseen in the drawing. The cells C O G are suspended by means of the topsof the cells lapping over on them.

H H are boards placed on such angle that the honey worm when they dropon them down the chute or angular boards E F and be conveyed to theoutside of the hive. The boards H H are placed about ii of an inch belowthe bottom of the cells so that no part of the cells come in contactwith H H. This prevents the worm from clinging to and reascending intothe cells:

Indo not claim as my invention any par t'icular form of the hive whentaken as a whole nor the separate cells or the use of glass placed inthe cells.

That I do claim. as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis- 1. The arrangement of the cells so that they are suspended fromtheir top and can be removed or replaced from the top of the hive bysliding them in or out vertically the cells being so arranged and formedat the bottom that they shall present two inclined surfaces asdescribed.

2. And I claim in combination with above the arrangement of the boards HH so as to leave an entire clear space between them and the bottom ofthe cells.

October 17th, 1845;

JOSEPH MILLER.

Witnesses: y if ISAAC Fnuson, 1T BENJAMIFQ L S.

